Fender or guard for automobiles.



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FENDER OR GUARD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 17, 1913.

1,100,172. Patented June 16,1914.

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' f M b J. GOEOOS. FENDER 0R GUARD FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED 001217, 1913.

[,1 00,172, Fatented June 16, 1914.

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I 5] Wve ntoz guards for automobiles, and the object view of the apparatus as shown in full lines 'zen of the United States,v and residing at sired, to tram way cars, and which is simple Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed October 17, 1913. Serial No. 795,622.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn '(Jonoos, a citi- Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders or Guards for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to fenders or thereofis to provide an improved device of this' class which may be easily applied to automobiles as now constructed, and which will prevent the serious and sometimes fatal accidents which frequently result from a person being struck an automobile when in motion; a further object being to provide a device or apparatus of the class specified which will prevent a person struck by an automobile in motion from passing beneath the car or vehicle; a still further object being to provide a fender or guard of the class specified which may also be applied, if dein construction and efficient in operation; and with these and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a device of the class specified, constructed and operating as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the froi t part of an automobile or similar power riven vehicle provided with my improved fender or guard, the operative parts being shown in an open position in full lines, as when ready for use, and being indicated in' the, closed position in dotted lines, and a part being also shown in section ;-Fig. 2 a sidein Fig. 1;-Fig. 3 a, front view of the apparatus as shownin fulllines in-Figr1.;-' Fig. 4a sectional plan view similar to-Fig. 1, but onan enlarged scale and showing only one'side portion of the apparatus, and showing the same set for use as shown in full lines in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 a side view looking in the direction of the arrow 5 of Fig.

' a supplemental downwardly .shaped frame of wire mesh lication, I have shown at a the frontaxl of an automobile or similar power-driven vehicle, at a the radiator thereof, and ate the side bars of the chassis orctruck frame, and said sidebars a wardly directed members a improved fender or guard ais connected.

In carrying my invention intoeffect, I secure to the outer sides of the parts a cylinders 6 having plates 6 bolted or otherwise secured to the parts a, through said cylinders,'in' the form offconstruction shown, are plunger rodsibrt; The cylinders b are provided with-forwardly directed sleeves 6* through which the plunger,

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are provided with forwith whichmy and passing rods were passed and through which the front end portions of said rods are projected, and said rods are provided within said cylinders with plunger blocks 6' the outer sides ofwhich are provided with cam recesses 7i, and the outer walls of the cylink ders Z) are provided with'openings'b which correspond with the recesses b, and wound on the rear end portions of the rodsfb are. spiral springs 72 which bear onthe blocks 5 and on nuts 6" screwed into the rear ends" of the cylinders b, and through which the rear end portions of'the rods 25 pass;- Talso provide a yoke-shaped frame chavin'g'backwardly directed side arms 0 which are'se:

cured. on the parts a of the side'barsija of the chassis or truck frame, and pivoted at c to the side arms of the yoke-shaped frame 0 are levers c and c which extend in opposite directions transversely of thefiont of the automobile, and the opposite ends: 0f which are connectedrespectively jlwith the front ends of the plunger rods b a c and c and said levers c and 0 cross each other centrally and are connected at c 'bylnjpin c passed through longitudinal slots "(39in said levers. The side. arms c ofthefyokeshaped frame 0 are curved downwardlyiand forwardly, asshown in Fig. 3, and thecross head portion of said frame is ppovidedfwith d rected yoke- 04? having a body portion ,0" or any other suitable material, and the supplementalframec kfornisa siipplemental guard to prevent a persorustguck;

by the vehicle in motion, from passing there'- under. I also provide a front bu'fl'er d which extends transversely of the front of the vehicle and forwardly of the yoke-shaped wardly projected parts a of the side bars a are bracket plates provided with vertically arranged and yoke-shaped frames 9 having inwardly and forwardly curved side arms through the ends of which are passed vertical shafts e on which are mounted yoke-shaped wing frames f having slde arms f and wound on the shafts 0 are springs 9 having looped or yoke-shaped members 9 which bear on the yoke-shaped frames e and the ends 9 of ...which are provided with hoolr-shaped members which engage the side arms' f of the wing frames f.

The wing frames 7" are provided with Wings which are connected with the vertical cross headgportion pf said frames, and which, in the form of construction shown, consists of forwardly directed hows or loopmembers 0?, threeof which are show and which are preferably curved forward y, as shown; the wing frames f being similarly curved, and mounted between the side arms f of theyoke-shaped wing-frames'f are shafts t on the central portions of which are mounted lock dogs j, and wound on the shafts i are springs i the ends 2' of which are secured to said shafts, and the other ends 2" f which engage the dogs j, and said dogs 7' are provided with heads j through which the shafts a pass and which are provided in one end ,thereof wi-th transverse recesses j, and passed through the shafts i are pins 3' which operate in said recesses and which limit the turning movement of said dogs on the shafts The wing frames f and the wings h con-- nected therewith are adapted to be held extended, as shown in full lines in. Figs. 1 and 3, or to be closed together, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when they are swung outwardly or extended, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the dogs jpass through the open ings b in the cylinders b and into the cam recesses b in the plunger blocks 5 as clearly ShOM in Fig. 4, and this is the position said parts occupy when the vehicle is in use and the guard or fender set for operation. If, at this time, a person should be struck by 'the buffer (5, the levers 0* and c", with which said buffer is connected, would force both of the plunger rods 6 inwardly or backwardly andzthe cam blocks b would force the nosesor free ends of the dogs 7' out, of the cylinders Z2 and thesprings 9 would. atz-pnce throw the wing frames f and wings h ntovthe position l n in dottedljlines in 1, and tln" A A strn l would be grasped an i held I gs would not be run over by for use, they must be moved backwardly by hand, or in any other desired manner, and in this operation, the dogs 7' or the noses thereof will again enter the cylinders I), and the plunger blocks b of the rods 7)? willbe in position to be engaged by said dogs, as shown in Figs. 1 and at, having been again forced forwardly into their normal positions by the springs 6 From the foregoing description, it will be seen that my improved fender or guard comprises three groups of parts, namely; the downwardly directed supplemental stationary fender or guard member 0, the wings 71- and wing frames f, and means for operating said wings and wing frames comprising the buffer at, the cylinders Z), the spring operated plunger bars Zi the conncctions between the buffer (1 and said plunger bars, and the spring controlled. dogs 7', and while I have shown and described the levers and c as a connecting means bc- 91$ tween the buffer cl and the plunger rods 1),

other means may be employed, and changes in and modifications of the construction of the various parts herein shown and described may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and. while I have shown and described the pivoted side wings as consisting of the parts f and it, it will be understood that these side wings,' which constitute the main-part of the device or apparatus, may be made in different ways and of various forms, and while it have also shown and described my improved fender or .guardas applied only to automobiles, it

will be also understood that the same may be applied to tramway cars and other vehicles.

Having fully. described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1 1. A, fender or guard for vehicles comprising wings mounted at the opposite sides with said buffer, and devices connected with we suicl sg ring controlled wings: 01" mic! piungers, said wings; being nduntcd-to he iiorinullyhclcl in. an open position and to be thrown forwardly and closed by prcssum on the 'oni'l'er.

8. Au fender or guard for vehicles, con? prising cylinders supported at tho opposite sices of tho front of'lhc vehicle, swing-0n c: vicd side wings hinn'cd adjacent to said N inclcrs, spring-cpcra'cecl plungcrc mount-- in said cylinders, logs connected. with T wings and adapted to cngzigc said plun- Sic-Ci ers in said. cylinders, levers monntcd tron vcrsciy of the ironhoif the vehicle and connected therewith ulone cod und at the opposite cnd with $421 id plungers, anid levers lucir g crosscd umlniwtiilly conncctcd ccnii ,ll ilierchi'. and a hull-c1" arranged trunsvcrsclj.-' oi lhc vehicle in i i'oni of mid lcvcls and conncclcd with each oil the luiiicr.

-l A l'midcr or guard for vehicles provided cylindcrs supp ortcd at the opposite idas of lhe from of the vehiclc plnnggcrs op crating: through the from; and porlions of mid cylinders, springs placcd in said cylin dcre; and in connection with, which said. pl'un' oporzitc, vertical supporis arranged for- Wn'dly oi said cylinders a in'ing operated cidc connccicd with said supports, lllli b' ccnnm-lml with said Wings and. aclnpicd. in cn nc'c said plnngcrs in said cylindcrs a lmllcr hnr nwnnicd transversely of the front of tho vehicle and in iront oi said cylindcrc, :md dcviccs connected Willi said bar and Ellli plnngers and adapted to opcrai'c the lail' r and rclcusc ,sziid clogs when pressure is applicd in said lml'ler liar,

5. [l i'cnilcr or guard for vehiclcs coinprising: cylinders supported at the oppositc .HlllQS of thc ir nlv f thc vcliiclc Springop :Hl cylinders lh'muggh the front ends there in mid cvlindcru, dogs connec ll will] mud Wmfih und :idnpl'cd in ciw gc said plu dinn cn. JUN .idupmn, mun. pzcswvc .r)

upplicd filler-etc, to foi'ccsaid plungers inwardly and rclcacc said clogs.

A l fcndcr or guard for vehicles comprising rvrticai bnppu-rls arranged at the 0p- POSll': e hics of the frontof lhe vehicle Spring opcrul'ccl wings nmunlcd on said supports, spring; og mi'alcd dogs connected with said 'lll ifh dcviccs mounted at the opposite sides of ihc i'chiclc and in connection With which said dogs opcrnlc to hold said wings in an open posit-ion, u lm'Ficzmounted t 'zinsvcrscly of abhc front of the vehicle, and devices conncclcd with said hnllcr and adapted to operni'c when priwurc is applied thereto to reicnuc. mid (log-s TI .5 lcndcr or guard for vehicles con1-' prism spring: operated wings mounted at the opposiln Hldcu of the: front of the vehicle, a lmlicr extending: tronhvcrscly of the front of the vchiclc. \'lindcr,-; arranged althe oppnsil'c. Hidcs ol' the vehicle, spring oper- ZIIGC piungcrs inonnl'cd in said cylinders and nim'uhlc through the front ends thereof, dogs ccnnnctod with said wings and adaptr mil to engage.- mid plungcrs in said cylinders, and moans conncclcd with. said liufier and with wi l plungcrs whereby pressurenpplied to the lsnllcr will forcc said plungcrs in- Warciiy and release said dogs.

8. The combination with the front of a vehicle oi fender or guard comprising spring operated sidc wings a bnl'ler mounted transvcr' y of ihc front of the vehicle, spring conlrullcd plunggrs mounted at the opposite sides oi" said whiclcnnd in operative conncciicn with said hullcr, and devices conncc 2d. with said spring controlled Wings for orig; ing said plnngcrs, said Wings being znhqvlcd to l fl nornmlly hclcl in an open position. and h) be lhrnwn forwardly and closed by g: n applied to the buffer.

in lcsitiinony that I claim the foregoing an; my inw-nl'ion l. have signcrl my name in {)I'LHKFHTQ o! the snhsci'ihing witnesses this 16th day of Uvlolt-cr lillil.

JOSEPH CORUOS. 

